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RobF
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 RE: Snow in Madrid (in reply to Piwin)
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25cm is not unusual here, but it’s still a significant dump, that’s a lot of snow. We have the equipment and manpower in place to handle it, however, and as you said, nature adjusts, so no big deal here at all.
It sure is beautiful though. There’s a peculiar stillness and sense of calm that can accompany a large snowfall, especially if it occurs at twilight. I’d be wanting to take a walk in that big park behind the Prado, the El Retiro, I think it is. It would be pretty and relaxing, maybe even a little magical. It might provide a nice break from all the stuff that’s been going on.
Mind you, getting there might not be much of a party, lol.
You could make a snowman. Or do like a friend of mine did. He lay down in the yard in front of his apartment and made a nice snow angel. He said he went inside and brewed himself a cup of coffee then looked out his window to admire his work, and some neighbourhood kids had come by and drew a big penis on it.
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Date Jan. 9 2021 17:49:34
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ernandez R
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RE: Snow in Madrid (in reply to Piwin)
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Snow is one of those be carful what you ask for kind of natural events. Last year I was out at dark thirty being drug about the lanes and trails for almost six hours moving over a meter of the fluffy white stuff with a heavy duty walk behind snow blower, again the next morning, my idevice says 2.1 miles to clear our place. The person we contacted to get it done this winter only showed a few times so I’m out doing it, it’s good physical therapy, to be honest and I love doing it. Two or three feet at a time isn’t unusual for this part of Alaska but usually a foot or thereabouts is normal. So far it’s been light.
Got a picture from nieces today down in Texas building their first snowman, which was funny cause their neighbor rented a snow making machine to make a sled hill for the kids over Xmas, you know t shirts and shorts... I was born and raised in Los Angeles so no experience with snow for the first part of my life. Today I’ll take the snow over the heat any day. Ok, ask me about the end of February when we usually stop having -40f. 32f today which is unusually warm for the later dark part of winter, just grateful we are spending a lot less in heating fuel.
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). I was aiming for the teleférico station because it's on top of a hill and there's a nice view of the city there. Didn't quite make it. Nothing had been cleared out yet, and I just wasn't wearing the right gear. So I just found a spot, had some coffee out of the thermos and enjoyed the quiet for a while. It really does seem like a whole other world when it snows like that. 
